Improvement in whips



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MROVEMENT IN WHIPS.

Moa- The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all 'whom it may concern Be it known that I, A. C. RAND, of Westfield, in the county of Hampden, and State of Massachusetts, have invented a newauduseful Improvement in W'hips and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had-to the accompapying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a side View of a part of a whip, enlarged, to show-more fully the relative position of the threads;

Figure 2 represents a side view of a part of a whip,

,with my new covering applied;

Figure 3 represents a table, upon which the whip and threads'are arranged for covering; and

Figure 4 is a plan view of said table, with the circular arrangement of the threads.

My invention relates to a new whip; and consists in forming the covering by threads, which are intertwined, as shown in figs. 1 and 2, and as explained below, and by figs. 3 and 4.

The whips heretofore made, have been surrounded with braiding, by two sets of threads laid spirally, but

in opposite directions, around Vthe core, so that `they cross each other, or with threads woven like regular fabric, with warp and weft-threads, or surrounded by a knitted tube, drawn on the whip, the same having been previously made withneedles, and generally with one thread. Q

My invention employs a number of distinct threads, laid spirally in one direction, but intertwined so as to form a very durable whip, and one much more ornamental in appearance than other thread-covered whips, as my invention permits the introduction of variouscolored threads, laid spirally, or otherwise, forming checks, or stripes, or in fact almost any desirable ornamental figure.

This is impracticable by the knitting-process, as one thread, and, consequently, one color are used.

That others skilled'in the art may be able to make and use my inVentiou,I will proceed to describe one mode of construction and application to use.

Fig. 3 represents a table, upon which the whip and threads are arranged for covering; Aand Fig. 4 is a plan view of said table, with the circular arrangement of the threads, numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 85e.

In laying the threads upon the whip, they are intertwined in the following order, reference being had more particularly to g. 4. This order contemplates using eighteen threads. A greater or less number may be employed.

Order of Movement.

No. 1 passes under Nos. 2 and 3; No. 3 passes under Nos. 1 and 5; No. 5 passes under Nos. 3 and 4; No. 4 passes under Nos. 5 and 6; No. 6 passes under Nos. 4 and 8; No. 8 passes under Nos. 6 and 7; No. 7 passes under Nos. 8 and 9; No. 9 passes under Nos. 7 and 1l; No.`11 passes under Nos. 9 and 10; N o. 10 passes under Nos. 1l and 12; No. 12 passes under Nos. 10 and 14; No. 14 passes under Nos. 12 and 13;

- No. 13 passes under Nos. 14 and 15; No. 15 passes under Nos. 13 and 17 No. 17 passes under Nos. 15 and 16; No. 16 passes under Nos. 17 and 18; No. 18 passes under Nos. 16 and 2; No. 2 passes under Nos. 18 and 1, and other threads in like manner.

The motion may be over instead of under the threads named, without materially changing the product.

Weights are attached to the ends of the threads, as shown in iig. 3, to keep the threads taut.

Machines are in use to move one-third of the whole number of threads at one and the same time, and at a rapid rate, but the one herein shown is thought to be the best to illustrate the relation ofthe threads.

I do not claim anything in the rela-tive position of the threads, only as it respects a whip, as I am aware that cords, dto., have been made with threads in the same relation; neither do I claim anything in the table or machine herein described, 'being aware of' its previous use; but,

I do claim., and desire to secure by Letters Patent- As a new article of manufacture, a whip, having the threads of its covering laid spirally, and intertwinedrelatively to each other, as herein described, and for the purpose set forth.

` A. O. RAND. Witnesses:

SUMNER CAMPBELL, R. B. ROBINSON. 

